Carson, Arthur Frederick Copithorne (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1940-September-16

Pilot Officer Arthur Frederick Copithorne Carson RAF

Birth Date: 1919

Born:

William O'Neill & Dorothy Bertha Copithorne-Carson, of Dulwich, London.

Home: Westmount, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

21 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Viribus Vincimus By strength with conquer

Base

RAF Lossiemouth

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

42693

Home
Google MapWestmount, Quebec
Final Burial
Google MapLossiemouth Burial Ground
Grave 1103

Blenheim Mk IV N-3564 collided with 20 OTU Wellington Mk Ia N-2900 on take-off for a night training flight, both machines burst into flames and crashed.

Blenheim N3564 AC2 Trevor George Adams RAF KIA St. George Church Cemetery Wootton Northamptonshire. Pilot Officer Arthur Frederick Copithorne Carson RAF pilot KITA Lossiemouth Burial Ground Scotland Grave 1103. Sergeant Norman Cyril Manser RAF KITA Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery Sec. W.11. Grave 17805. Sergeant Burton (initials not found) RAF was injured but recovered.

Wellington N2900 Sergeant E A J Keighley RAF injured in crash and later died on injuries. Squadron Leader N W D Marwood-Elton RAF survived. Pilot Officer S J Jacobi RAF survived. Sergeant F Webster RAF survived. Sergeant H W Green RAF survived. Sergeant A W White RAF survived. Sergeant E Fenwick RAF survived. Sergeant A C Shankland RAF survived. There was one fatality and seven injured on N-2900.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim serial: N3564

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia

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